Plunder
Detroit, MI: Black & Red, 1973. Pamphlet. 84p., staplebound wraps, very good condition, 5.25x8.5 inches Reprint of the 1962 limited edition done at the Living Theatre. More about Plunder
Cat.No: 241487
New Arrivals
China in sign and symbol. A panorama of Chinese life, past and present
Shanghai: Kelly & Walsh, 1927. xx, 227p., hardcover; cloth boards mildly smudged and dust-soiled; interior clean and very good. Illustrations of shop signs and other symbolic placards. More about China in sign and symbol. A panorama of Chinese life, past and present
Cat.No: 241486
The Kwantung military establishment, 1924-1936
Chicago: 1974. vi, 377 leaves; hardcover bound printing of the University of Chicago dissertation. Minor scuffing to the boards, faint trace of tape residue at bottom of spine. More about The Kwantung military establishment, 1924-1936
Cat.No: 241485
3 red stars
New York: Smyrna Press, 1975. Pamphlet. 56p., wraps, abrasion on front wrap else very good condition, 5.25x8.5 inches. Collection of poems and short prose pieces, many set in New York. The 'three red stars' to whom the book is dedicated, are Brecht, Mayakovsky and Victor Serge. More about 3 red stars
Cat.No: 241484
The Crimes Of The Stalin Era;
New York: The New Leader, [1962?]. Pamphlet. 64p., stapled pamphlet containing the revelatory Special report to the 20th Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union by Khrushchev, annotated by Boris I. Nicolaevsky. Wraps a bit worn and soiled, else very good. Apparently originally published as a supplement to... More about The Crimes Of The Stalin Era
Cat.No: 241483
The outline of bunk; including the admirations of a debunker
Boston: The Stratford Company, 1929. Hardcover. vii, 503p., spine lettering partly eroded, very minor toning else very good condition in a chipped and worn dj with old tape repairs on verso. More about The outline of bunk; including the admirations of a debunker
Cat.No: 241481
A collection of Nagasaki colour prints and paintings; showing the influence of Chinese and European art on that of Japan
Rutland, VT: Tuttle, 1969. xxxiv, 9 pages, 250 plates (25 in color), very good, massive hardcover in dustjacket. Reprint of the classic 1939 work, illustrated in black and white. More about A collection of Nagasaki colour prints and paintings; showing the influence of Chinese and...
Cat.No: 241480
The cities and towns of China: a geographical dictionary
Taibei: Ch'eng-wen Pub. Co., 1968. xii, 582, lxxvi pages, hardcover, light shelfwear. Taiwanese reprint of the second edition. More about The cities and towns of China: a geographical dictionary
Cat.No: 241478
The Crimes Of The Stalin Era; New Leader. Section two. July 16, 1956
New York: The New Leader, 1956. Pamphlet. 64p., stapled pamphlet containing the revelatory Special report to the 20th Congress of the Communist party of the Soviet Union by Khrushchev, annotated by Boris I. Nicolaevsky. Wraps a bit worn from handling, with faint traces of water splatter to wraps long ago... More about The Crimes Of The Stalin Era; New Leader. Section two. July 16, 1956
Cat.No: 241477
Friendly China: Two Thousand Miles Afoot Among The Chinese
Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1949. xviii, 312 pages, hardcover, boards with mildly uneven toning. Account of travels around China by a Stanford geologist. More about Friendly China: Two Thousand Miles Afoot Among The Chinese
Cat.No: 241476
The legacy of Tek Sing. China's Titanic - its tragedy and its treasure
Cambridge: Granta Editions, 2000. 176p., very good hardcover in dustjacket; Inscribed and signed by Pickford on the front free endpaper facing the half-title. Ownership stamp of Philip Choy, the architect better known as a Chinese American historian, on front endpaper. More about The legacy of Tek Sing. China's Titanic - its tragedy and its treasure
Cat.No: 241475
Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers
Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1955. x, 180p., very good hardcover, 1955 reprint. Ownership stamp of Philip Choy, the architect better known as a Chinese American historian, on front endpaper. Includes discussion of the shipment of coolie laborers as allegedly enlightened and superior to the cruel methods employed by... More about Coolie Ships and Oil Sailers
Cat.No: 241474
The indispensable enemy; labor and the anti-Chinese movement in California
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971. x, 293p., very good hardcover in shelfworn dustjacket, ownership stamp of Philip Choy, the architect who is better known as a Chinese American historian. More about The indispensable enemy; labor and the anti-Chinese movement in California
Cat.No: 241473
Seed of the Sun
New York: George H. Doran Co., 1921. 352p., hardcover, mild shelfwear and dust soil. Novel about Japanese immigration, with a plot involving nefarious plans to have Japanese men seduce white women. More about Seed of the Sun
Cat.No: 241471
Help prevent rape! ... Say yes [pinback button]
n.p. Greenwood Enterprises, 1979. 2.5 inch diameter pin, manufacturer's info over the curl. Evidently someone thought it was a real knee-slapper at the time. More about Help prevent rape! ... Say yes [pinback button
Cat.No: 241470
Chen Wencheng jiao shou ji nian zhuan ji
Ann Arbor: Professor Chen Wen-chen's Memorial Foundation, 1982. [22], 239 pages, very good paperback. Almost entirely in Chinese; English title page says "A Memorial for Professor Chen Wen-chen--a Taiwanese." Chen, a mathematics professor at Carnegie Mellon University and a Taiwanese dissident, had been interrogated by authorities during a trip back... More about Chen Wencheng jiao shou ji nian zhuan ji
Cat.No: 241465
Chinese potpourri
Hong Kong: The Oriental Publishers, 1950. 329p., hardcover, very good but for ownership signature in red ink which has bled to facing page. More about Chinese potpourri
Cat.No: 241464
Yu Zhongxiang gong nian pu
[Hong Kong]: n.pub. [196-]. 220p., hardcover, very good; gift inscription from the author on the front endpaper. On Yu Jing, a Guangdong figure from the Song dynasty who rose to Minister of Public Works. His descendants maintain a worldwide organization. More about Yu Zhongxiang gong nian pu
Cat.No: 241463
Common Ground: Essays in Honor of Howard Thurman on the occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday November 18, 1975
Washington DC: Hoffman Press, 1976. Paperback. xvii + 115p., 5x7.75 inches, trade paperback, some sunning to wraps and spine, signature of previous owner on ffep, else very good. More about Common Ground: Essays in Honor of Howard Thurman on the occasion of his Seventy-fifth Birthday...
Cat.No: 241462
Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition
London: Kegan Paul, 1932. xv, 131, 44p., very good hardcover. More about Mencius on the Mind: Experiments in Multiple Definition
Cat.No: 241461
Centralized traffic control as a means of accelerating train movements. An abstract of a thesis... [inscribed by the author]
Urbana, IL: [University of Illinois-?], 1943. 13p., staplebound booklet, inscribed by the author in Chinese on the cover; rear cover partly sun-faded. The Toisanese native, who had attended MIT and Columbia before pursuing graduate research at the University of Illinois, worked at the Union Switch and Signal Company to research... More about Centralized traffic control as a means of accelerating train movements. An abstract of a...
Cat.No: 241460
From China to Canada: a history of the Chinese communities in Canada
Toronto: McClelland and Stewart in association with the Multiculturalism Directorate, Dept. of the Secretary of State and the Canadian Govt. Pub. Centre, Supply and Services Canada, 1988. viii, 369 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates; paperback, light handling wear. More about From China to Canada: a history of the Chinese communities in Canada
Cat.No: 241457
Fuzhou Protestants and the making of a modern China, 1857-1927
New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. xxi, 293 pages, very good hardcover in dustjacket. "In this examination of Chinese Protestants and their place in the history of modern China, Ryan Dunch focuses on the Fuzhou area of southeast China from the mid-nineteenth century until 1927, when a national revolutionary government... More about Fuzhou Protestants and the making of a modern China, 1857-1927
Cat.No: 241455
American merchant ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941
Westport, CT: Praeger, 1992. xvi, 234 pages, very good hardcover, ownership stamp of Philip Choy, the architect better known as a Chinese American historian, on front endpaper. More about American merchant ships on the Yangtze, 1920-1941
Cat.No: 241454
Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West. Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970. xix, 469p., very good hardcover in price-clipped dustjacket with minor edgewear. More about Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West. Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and...
Cat.No: 241453